Revenge In The Movie, Red Riding Hood's Revenge?

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Red Riding Hood’s revenge? “Don’t ever take candy from a stranger or get into his car” this line has been drilled into our young little brains from teachers to parents. We have grown up being told never to trust a stranger because “stranger danger” one of my favorite lines as a child. Not only was this directed to us with our parents and teachers, but the classic folktale, “Little Red Riding Hood” has been taught to young children for many years. The stories moral is not to trust strangers and do not associate with them for any reason. While reading Perrault’s version of the classic folk tale, his moral is that children, especially young girl’s, can be eaten by wolves by just talking and trusting a stranger. He points out that women are more …show more content…

One thing I noticed about this movie in comparison to Perrault 's story is how the women differ. In the story Little Red is portrayed as a girl who doesn’t think for herself and just gives out any information. In this quote from Little Red Riding Hood the narrator says, “The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stop and listen to wolves, said…”(Pg. 12) Here we see how Little Red doesn’t think for herself and just gives out information. However, in the movie Haley tricks Jeff by giving him wrong information, “You know, actually, it 's kinda funny. Because every time I would mention some obscure singer or band, you knew so much about them. But not right away, it was like a few minutes later. Maybe enough time to look them up on the web?” In this quote, we see Haley as an intelligent women and unlike Fairy Tales where we always have women portrayed as ditzy or unaware. I thought it worked well because this shows that women are smart and capable unlike the Fairy Tales. Throughout the whole story, Haley plays many games with Jeff and always seems to be one step ahead. For a fourteen year old, Haley’s performance was wonderful. Her character was brave, bright, and very sharp. Although, in the beginning her character did appear like Little Red in the novel, but she amazes the audience towards the rising action. This movie shows how women should not be considered weak and can fight for

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